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The Steam Link Is Dead – Long Live The Steam Link

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on January 11, 2019January 11, 2019

Back in November, Valve announced that the Steam Link hardware had been discontinued. Existing stock would be sold off and that would be the end of it. The end of an era, if you will, of what The Verge called the best wireless HDMI gadget ever made. For those not familiar with the Steam Link […]

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Steam Play and Gaming on Linux

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on August 29, 2018

Throughout my years, I’ve experienced gaming in a variety of forms, from the good old C64 and Amiga platforms to various iterations of the PlayStation platform and most recently, PC gaming on both Windows and Ubuntu. You see, I’ve been an Ubuntu user since version 7.04, or maybe 7.10. I can’t remember anymore. Either way, […]

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Firewatch – The Review

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on July 29, 2016

It’s 1989. With your family life in turmoil, you’re looking for an escape, at least for a while. An opportunity to become a fire lookout for a summer in the Wyoming wilderness presents itself and before you know it, you’re looking out over the vast wilderness of Wyoming from a lookout tower. That tower is […]

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Kickstarting My Imagination With An Adventure

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on January 6, 2016January 6, 2016

Flaps are extended. Wheels are down. The throttle is at about 45%. Somewhere up ahead, hidden in the rain and lightning, the airport is looming, waiting to receive the Boeing 737. Then, there it is. The lights from the runway pierce through the darkness. The pilot exhales with a sigh of relief. They’re going to […]

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Classic Amiga Games on Android

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on April 28, 2015May 29, 2017

Growing up during a time when computers like the Commodore 64 and Amiga 500 reigned supreme, I have always had a fondness for the old school games of the 80’s and 90’s, for games produced on limited hardware where the option of adding another gigabyte of memory was not an option. 512K was a lot […]

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Always Online Gaming Already Here?

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 4, 2013June 11, 2013

Those who consider themselves gamers have without a doubt followed the recent announcements of the PS4 and the XBox One with interest. Sony put a ton of software and games on display while Microsoft gave us a view of the physical console but much less in the form of software. Beyond all the hardware specs […]

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Need For Speed Most Wanted Android Review

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on December 1, 2012June 12, 2013

I’ve been a fan of Need For Speed since the very first game was released many, many years ago now. I still own numerous versions on various platforms and although the quality of the games has varied throughout the years, Need For Speed Most Wanted stands out as the one game in the bunch that […]

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My Top 10 Android Games

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on November 23, 2012

In the last year, Android gaming has taken a giant leap forward. It wasn’t long ago that the quality of the games on the Android platform was sub-standard. However, much has changed since. While I used to be almost exclusively gaming on my PS3, I’ve found myself increasingly playing on my phone and tablet this […]

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The GTA Phenomenon

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on May 9, 2008November 9, 2016

We all know that the Grand Theft Auto series has always been very popular. From the now simplistic looking GTA and GTA 2 to the latest GTA IV with fantastic graphics, massive cities, a deep story line and a huge dose of questionable and immoral activities, its pure success might be hard to understand for […]